Design Group Writing Project (#2)
Published on Wednesday, March 19, 2008 – 12:22 am | 11 brilliant comments »
Due to the success of the last $5000 design group writing project I have decided to turn it into a fortnightly event however with smaller prizes… it’s not so easy to get $5000 worth of prizes to give away each time I have a competition. The purpose of these competitions is to bring all the design freaks, graphic design blogs and people who subscribe to them a bit closer together by sharing valuable articles in one location.
What do you have to do?
- Write a NEW post on your blog on anything at all to do with design in any language (ie. English or your mother tongue).
- Leave a link back to this post if you wish or you can let me know of your post by email if you prefer not to.
- Each post (only one per blog) gains you one entry and I will link back to your post on this page. Gotta love the link love.
Prizes?
- $10 for one lucky winner via PayPal to the best article. The judge is me.
- All entries will receive a link back to their website plus lots of traffic.
Want to donate for the next competition? Drop me an email.
The Deadline is March Saturday 29th. Good luck!
Due to a lack of entries this competition was cancelled.
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Graphic Design Group Writing Project still going ahead!
Published on Wednesday, February 13, 2008 – 2:15 pm | 9 brilliant comments »
Update: Click the actual $5000+ graphic design group writing project here.
Ten days ago I called for sponsorship for a Massive Graphic Design Group Writing Project that I am holding and I am just letting you know that even after my problems, the project is still going ahead.
Please check out my call for sponsorship post.
What do prize sponsors get in return for sponsorship?
- 80 Photoshop Brushes – I have a huge collection of 80 royalty free photoshop brush sets that I will be giving to ALL sponsors. I will provide the link at the prize draw.
- More Subscriptions – You will get more subscriptions as people will subscribe to your blogs to gain extra entries into the prize draw.
- Blog Roll Adds – You will get onto peoples blogrolls as people will add you to gain extra entries into the prize draw.
- Link Love – The most valuable prize of all… blogs will link to your website to gain more entries into the draw. By writing an article you will also gain more exposure.
- 2 or more Links – I will give 2 links to your blog with the appropriate anchor text on the main blog writing article and also on the final prize draw post. These will be getting a huge amount of traffic.
- 9x Free 2 Months Advertisement on JCD –I will be giving away 9 free 16×16 advertisements to 9 random lucky people to be displayed on Just Creative Design.
- A chance to win all the other prizes that people put up for sponsorship.
Prizes Already Put Up For Sponsorship
- Electric Guitar - Yes! An Electric Guitar with all the equipment needed!! This was a sacrifice from Rafie from mohdrafie.co.uk, so he could focus more on design. A VERY generous sponsorship prize. More details will be included in the next post, but at this time I am still calling for sponsorship.
- 55 iStock Credits - PJ from WP-Premiums has offered this kind donation for a prize.
- Plus more but I’ll keep them a secret for now
Prizes Sponsored by myself.
- Logo design or blog header design by myself. If you are unaware of my designs, you can check out my portfolio)
- Go Media Vector Packs - Ultimate Vector Collection 1 - 597 Vectors royalty free. (Worth $523)
- Adobe Photoshop Brush Pack - A collection 80 royalty free photoshop brushes. View preview here.
- 2 Months Free Advertising - Nine 16×16 pixel squares on Just Creative Design. Check out my advertising page for more details.
Please check out my call for sponsorship page for more information on sponsoring this massive graphic design group writing project.
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Call For Sponsorship - lots of FREE stuff for you!
Published on Saturday, February 2, 2008 – 11:57 pm | 15 brilliant comments »
Update: Click for the actual $5000+ graphic design group writing project here.
Today I am calling for sponsorship for a MASSIVE graphic design group writing project that I am going to be running next week. I am single-handingly going around to all the graphic design blogs (and lots of other blogs) to gain sponsorship for this project as well as this blog post. This is going to be huge.
The Project
I’ll tell you a bit about the project… Next week I will be calling all bloggers and readers out there who are interested in design to post an article on the subject of graphic design, By ‘Graphic Design’ I mean some sort of a post that gives advice, tips, resources lists or a tutorial on how to do something related to the field.
One post submission will gain you 10 points into the draw and there are many other ways to gain bonus entries as outlined below. I will go into this into more length when I actually post the project.
Link to Sponsors (THIS COULD BE YOU) - For every 4 sponsors a blogger links to in any post they get 1 entry.- Subscribe to blogs that have written an article - Gain 3 entries per blog.
- Write a blog post about the competition - Gains you 3 entries.
- Add sites to your blog roll - Add any of sponsors or author’s sites to your blog roll. 2 Entries per site added.
Update: Some people have been warning me of the dangers of running a competition as David Airey was penalised by Google for black hat seo however this was due to him asking for specific anchor text linking back to his site. I am not asking for any link backs at all, I am just saying that it would be nice to link back.
By having these bonus entry points, this will ensure that the link love will be spread around the graphic design world and blogosphere. And who doesn’t want link love?
During the project I will be adding all the links to one post and this is where we can view each others articles, make new friends and enjoy the link love. At the end of the project I will be drawing the prizes using a random number generator and this is where you come into the equation.
Sponsorship
I have put a lot of effort into organizing this project and I am asking for your support.
If you have anything you can put up for sponsorship this would be appreciated. If you are stuck for ideas: offer your services, vouchers, istock credits, magazine subscription, cash, anything at all that would appeal as a prize. Be creative. Or you could check out some prize ideas that were offered on David Aireys $4000 blog draw last September.
I am sponsoring hundreds of dollars worth of prizes… I am offering a free logo design or blog header design (check my portfolio here), The Ultimate Vector Collection 1 Pack from GoMedia* (597 vector pieces worth $523) and 2 months of free advertising.
What do you get in return for sponsorship?
For your kind sponsorship of course you will get something in return…
- 80 Photoshop Brushes – I have a huge collection of 80 royalty free photoshop brush sets that I will be giving to ALL sponsors. I will provide the link at the prize draw.
- More Subscriptions – You will get more subscriptions as people will subscribe to your blogs to gain extra entries into the prize draw.
- Blog Roll Adds – You will get onto peoples blogrolls as people will add you to gain extra entries into the prize draw.
- Link Love – The most valuable prize of all… blogs will link to your website to gain more entries into the draw. By writing an article you will also gain more exposure.
- 2 Links – I will give 2 links to your blog on the main blog writing article and also on the final prize draw post. These will be getting a huge amount of traffic.
- 9x Free 2 Months Advertisement on JCD –I will be giving away 9 free 16×16 advertisements to 9 random lucky people to be displayed on Just Creative Design.
- A chance to win all the other prizes that people put up for sponsorship.
If you are interested and have a prize for sponsorship for this huge project please don’t hesitate, give me a yell by email or leave a comment on my blog. If suitable, another good idea would be to request for sponsorship on your blog.
Lastly, if there is anything you need at all, at any time, please just ask, I would be happy to help.
I look forward to this project being a huge success for all!
Happy Blogging and all the best.
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